FOCUS | Relief supplies allocated to quake-hit regions in Xinjiang-Xinhua
FOCUS | Relief supplies allocated to quake-hit regions in Xinjiang
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-01-24 18:58:17
Tents are pictured at a resettlement site in Akqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 23, 2024.(Xinhua/Ma Kai)
AKQI, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China has allocated disaster relief funds totaling 30 million yuan (4.23 million U.S. dollars) after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Wushi County, Aksu Prefecture, in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Tuesday.
The funds, jointly allocated by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management, will be used to support disaster relief and emergency rescue work, focusing on search and rescue, the relocation of affected people, secondary disaster detection, the repair of damaged homes, and other areas.
Three people have been killed and five others injured in the earthquake, authorities said.
Tents are pictured at a resettlement site in Akqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 23, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Xiang)A four-year-old boy (L) and his guardian rest inside a tent at a resettlement site in Akqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Ma Kai)
Staff members transfer disaster-relieving supplies at a resettlement site in Akqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)A family make bed inside a tent at a resettlement site in Akqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaocheng)■
